Wednesday, July 03, 2013

Eric Cantor says ObamaCare delay should be permanent

Bowing to the reality that ObamaCare isn't quite ready for prime time, the White House announced on Tuesday that it was delaying the employer health care mandate for a year.

In response, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) noted that the best cure for ObamaCare would be a permanent delay:

"This further confirms that
even the proponents of ObamaCare know it will hurt jobs, decrease
economic growth and make it harder for families to have access to
quality and affordable health care," Cantor said. "Rather than
continuing to delay the predictable pain until another election day has
passed, we should scrap this entire law and instead implement
patient-centered reforms before any more damage is done to our economy
or the health care families depend on."

Interesting that the announcement was made barely 24 hours before the Independence Day holiday and while President Barack Obama was out of the country.